Political prisoners

Convicted for comments in a chat recognized as extremist and for participating in protests in 2020.

The younger brother of Belarusian volunteer Denis Urbanovich.

After a search in April 2025, Maxim was detained . According to preliminary data, the apartment where he lived with his girlfriend was sealed. At first, he was held in the KGB pretrial detention center, now he is in Pretrial Detention Center No. 1.

A criminal case has been opened against Evgeniy, most likely for photographing the movement of military equipment.

Evgeny Bodrikov is a 27-year-old native of Orsha. He graduated from Orsha Secondary School No. 17 and was a winner of subject history Olympiads: in 2014, he even managed to win the republican Olympiad. After school, Bodrikov entered the budget form of study at the history department of BSU.

In 2020, the guy was detained and beaten during public protests in Minsk: he was hospitalized with a traumatic brain injury. He was subsequently fined 675 rubles by the Frunzensky District Court under Part 1 of Article 24.23 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for participating in an unauthorized mass event. In 2022, under the same article, a court in Orsha sentenced him to 15 days of arrest based on a photo on social networks, where the guy was wearing a T-shirt with a chase.

Russian citizen , lives in Mozyr. She was detained on April 23 , 2025, and her home was searched the same day. She was detained in connection with a criminal case regarding messages in the "Belorussky Gayun " bot.

Detained as part of a criminal case for messages in the "Belorussky Gayun" bot.

Margarita, Tina Palynskaya's eldest daughter, was detained along with her mother at the end of May 2025. Both are in custody on criminal charges.

The details of the charges have not been officially disclosed. Based on circumstantial evidence, there is an assumption that the case may be connected with the KGB's decision to recognize the "Belarusian Analytical Workshop" of Professor Andrei Vardomatsky as an extremist organization. This organization conducted sociological surveys among Belarusian citizens. At the moment, there is no confirmation that Tina or her daughter actually participated in the BAM research. But even if such participation had taken place, it would not have violated the law: at the time of possible contact with the workshop, it had not yet been recognized as an extremist organization.

Journalist, Catholic believer from Polotsk. Tina has not been involved in journalism for a long time, raised two daughters, worked in archives, including Russian ones, fulfilling private orders to create biographical essays, family books, stories about participants in World War II.

Earlier, in 2022, the journalist was tried under an administrative article and subjected to a large fine for yellow and blue ribbons on her bag, and the Investigative Committee conducted an investigation into her Facebook post and searched the journalist's home.

Since the end of May 2025, she has been out of contact. Tina and her eldest daughter Margarita, 22, are in custody on a criminal case. Tina also has a younger minor daughter, she is 14 years old.

The details of the charges have not been officially disclosed. Based on circumstantial evidence, there is an assumption that the case may be connected with the KGB's decision to recognize the "Belarusian Analytical Workshop" of Professor Andrei Vardomatsky as an extremist organization. This organization conducted sociological surveys among Belarusian citizens. At the moment, there is no confirmation that Tina or her daughter actually participated in the BAM research. But even if such participation had taken place, it would not have violated the law: at the time of possible contact with the workshop, it had not yet been recognized as an extremist organization.

Anna worked in the banking sector for a long time — in customer service departments. Her last job was at the Trade Capital Bank (TK Bank). She runs a TikTok channel where she talks about how best to get a loan for an apartment and how to choose good housing.

Convicted for donations. Anna has three children - two minor sons and an adult daughter.

Christina used to work as a logistician.

A former soldier of Kalinovsky's regiment. His arrest was announced in a news broadcast on state television "Belarus 1" on May 5, 2025.

According to information from social networks, he graduated from the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy (BSAA). His specialty is cadastral and land law.

He served in the 38th separate motorized defense brigade of Belarus - a paratrooper unit in Brest, which was once headed by Valery Sakhashchik. In the photo from social networks, you can see that the pennant of the brigade was hanging in Grechikha's apartment.

According to the press service of the Kalinovsky Regiment, Vasily joined them in May 2022, but left the unit in June of the same year at his own request.

According to the video, he was detained somewhere in a swampy area outside the city by several KGB officers with machine guns. The man was transported by helicopter. During the transportation, he had a black bag over his head and his hands were clasped in front with a plastic zip tie.

As reported in the video, Vasily was born on July 28, 1981. In February 2022, he went to Poland to work, and three months later he joined the Kalinovsky Regiment. He underwent training in Kiev. The circumstances of his detention are unknown.

Convicted for likes in 2020, when he was 18. The trial was likely on defamation charges.